[1] Her mother, Nodhlaig,[1] who was from The Rosses in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, was a teacher and her father, Con,[1] who was from Cork, was a garda; she also has one sister, Bríd.
[1][2] Crowley began her broadcasting career on local radio in her home city of Waterford on WLR FM,[3] and presented several different shows between 1991 and 1996 before moving to RTÉ.
[4] She started out in children's programming, co-presenting the Irish language versions of Echo Island with comedian Dara Ó Briain, and starring in the pre-school series The Morbegs as the character Liodain.
[3] In 1997, Crowley was offered the role as presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 (hosted by RTÉ),[3] with Ronan Keating.
She also appeared before the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, speaking to Terry Wogan and wishing him and Ulrika Jonsson well before they started presenting the show.
[5] In 2010 she teamed up with actors, Sorcha Fox, Jamie Carswell, writer/director Dónal O'Kelly and Kíla to work on a play called The Adventures of the Wet Senor.